postmedieval a journal of medieval cultural studies· 2026Q2
Notes on unremarkable podcasting
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Short summary
A podcast for busy academics can succeed by embracing 'unremarkability' and focusing on a few key goals with a sustainable process.
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Key points
- The podcast targets overworked academics outside a subfield who might need to teach a book they haven't read.
- Success is achieved by defining a few core goals for the podcast.
- A sustainable production process is crucial, which involves accepting a level of 'unremarkability'.
- The strategy is based on the author's experience hosting 'New Books in Buddhist Studies'.
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Abstract
Abstract Drawing on my work hosting New Books in Buddhist Studies , this essay describes my deliberately unpolished interview podcast built around one imagined listener: an overworked academic outside the subfield who will probably never read the book discussed, but may well have to teach it. I argue that such a podcast succeeds by choosing a few goals and by adopting a sustainable process, which means accepting a degree of unremarkability.
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